Family-friendly area is not an entertainment
zone

Letter to the editor of the Cessnock Advertiser 16 Aprl 2014

Like most objectors to what Garry Warnes called
"not a rave" (The Advertiser, April 9), the area at risk from his
not-a-rave is home to me.

Sadly, two young families have told me that
they are considering their options for leaving if this development goes
ahead.

With the inevitable repeated disruptions and
incursions of hundreds (or the thousands to which the promoters explicitly
aspire), the area would not be fit for raising children.

If we believe that only a single event is
planned, then that might seem a bit of an overreaction. On the available
evidence however, the event in question is intended to be the first of
many.

The applicants have made it quite clear that,
if the event is commercially successful, they intend repeating the
exercise and expanding on it. The Statement of Environmental Effects, as
exhibited, confirms that intent.

There are many entertainment promoters, so we could easily
end up with any number of promoters, each holding a "single event", many
times per year at Cedars. If they see an opportunity for profit, can the
proprietors of Cedars be expected to let it pass?

Will council allow this family-friendly area to
become an entertainment-industrial zone?